Pollen record from red clay sequence in the central Loess Plateau between 8.10 and 2.60 Ma

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 50, Issue 19, 2005, Pages 2234-2243

  Ma, Yuzhen ^a   Wu, Fuli ^a,c   Fang, Xiaomin ^a,c   Li, Jijun ^a   An, Zhisheng ^b   Wang, Wei ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Loess Plateau; Pollen record; Red clay; Vegetation evolution; Winter and summer monsoon

Indexed keywords

ARTEMISIA; CEDRUS; CUPRESSACEAE; POACEAE; TSUGA; ULMUS;

EID: 33749672446     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1360/03wd0235     Document Type: Article

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